Marilyn Monroe's siren red lips have been voted the most iconic beauty trend of all time.

The Hollywood sex symbol sported the striking bright pout during the 1950s and 1960s - most famously in the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch - and MAC Cosmetics even recently created a lipstick range in her honour.

Her look was later adopted by Robert Palmer's backing singers in the 1980s Addicted to Love video and is favoured these days by singers Rita Ora and Rihanna.

Red hot! The red lip, loved by Marilyn Monroe, has been hailed as the most iconic beauty trend of all time by a new survey

The second most iconic beauty look was the classic smoky eye, loved by Cheryl Cole and Kate Moss.

False lashes - a look which first gained popularity in the 1960s and still a must-have look today, worn daily by celebrities such as former TOWIE star Sam Faiers - came in third place.

Honour: So iconic was Marilyn's lip that MAC created a limited-edition Marilyn Monroe lipstick collection

The bronzed fake tan, which Victoria Beckham has mastered, was fourth.

And completing the top five iconic looks was heavy eyeliner, a look popularised by Twiggy in the 1960s, and as relevant today as it was then.

The study also placed beauty spots like Cindy Crawford's and Barbie-pink lips, as favoured by Katherine Jenkins, on the list.

Completing
the top ten was cat-like eye make-up often sported by Helen Flanagan, followed by nude lipstick, which is regularly worn by Kim
Kardashian.

Another look made
famous by the U.S. reality star to make the list was heavy contouring, a
look achieved with careful blending of bronzer and highlighter.

More
dubious trends featuring in the poll were lip piercings, blue eye
shadow - a look popular in the eighties which recently made a
reappearance on catwalks - and the 90s trend of wearing a dark lip
liner with a lighter lipstick.

Beauty favourites: The smoky eye, as loved by Kate Moss, left, and false eyelashes, often worn by former TOWIE star Sam Faiers, came in second and third place respectively

Golden glow: A bronzed look, often sported by Victoria Beckham, left, and heavy eyeliner, a look popularised by Twiggy in the 1960s, right, also made the top five iconic beauty trends

Completing the top twenty iconic beauty looks was pink blusher - a favourite of American singer Christina Aguilera.

The
study also revealed that one in five women have copied an iconic look from a
celebrity and nearly half said famous faces were where make-up trends
originated from.

Two thirds of
the 2,000 women polled said they wish they were braver when it came to
experimenting with new beauty trends, with the typical woman trying
just three of the iconic looks over the course of her lifetime.

Good vs bad: Kim Kardashian's beloved nude lipstick made the top 20, right, while Kesha's favoured blue eyeshadow, right, was one of the more dubious trends that featured

A spokesperson for Superdrug, who commissioned the survey, said: 'In recent history there have been some really iconic beauty trends.

'The
fact that some trends have come and gone, and then come back again
shows that beauty trends are a cyclical as fashion, and they have all
been sported by the famous faces of the day.

'Many
of the looks can take a certain amount of practising to perfect,
getting liquid eyeliner in perfect wings or flicks can be tricky and
applying false eyelashes does take a while to master, luckily today
technology has helped create products that make it easier to create the
looks.

'It's fascinating that we return time and time again to the classic beauty looks. This research shows us that the power of a fabulous red lip remains one of women's favourite and most dramatic beauty looks.'

ICONIC BEAUTY TRENDS

Trend-setters: A contoured look, as showcased by beauty buff Kim Kardashian, made the top 20